GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |